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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010-03-10 MinutesMinutes of the Fayetteville Executive Airport Board Meeting • March 11, 2010 MEMBERS PRESENT: Bob Nickle, Otto Loewer, David Hollman; Janice Stanesic, Vaughn DeCoster; Richard Greene, Tim McCarley STAFF PRESENT: Ray Boudreaux, James Nicholson, Louise Powers OTHERS PRESENT: Candy Harrell - Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce; Gerald Jones and Russ Smith - Flying Investments; Tim House — LPA Group; Blaise Sharkey — Million Air Fayetteville; Bruce Dunn — All Sports Productions; Skip Descant — Northwest Arkansas Times; Don Marr and Terry Gully — City of Fayetteville; Wayne Jones — McClelland Engineers; Tyrone Rogers — Fayetteville Government Channel. ITEM#1: Welcome—Chairman. ITEM #2: Approval of the Airport Board Minutes of the February 11, 2010 meeting. ITEM #3: Receiving of Reports. A. Director Boudreaux, report on Airport Activity. Stated the contractor had completed the last box culvert and is ready to start building the road, the utilities have been moved. Deeds have been recorded for the easements. Still experiencing a delay with part of the Kearney -Cooper easement, we will pursue condemnation but will work with Kearney -Cooper to obtain the easement without the condemnation. Staff have removed trees and topped trees for the runway obstruction • removal project, had great support from the City's Transportation Department; they provided a lift. Tomorrow is the last day for Leon Kichline, our Chief of Maintenance, he is retiring. Wayne and Ray attended the FAA Conference in Shreveport, Louisiana, and visited with Don Harris, FAA, and John Knight, Arkansas Department of Aeronautics. They encouraged us to send in an application for the security project. Some airports were having problems coming up with their match money for grants so the State has more grant money available. B. Financial Coordinator James Nicholson, report on FBO and Budget. The fuel sales, fuel prices, and aircraft operations charts were reviewed by a power point presentation. Last month here was an increase in jet fuel sales and ball team charters. Otto Loewer acknowledged James' good work in getting the information out with the charts. Mentioning the Financial Report, said the Operations Budget is the one we have the most control over. We haven't received a payment from the FAA or the Forest Service, normally their payments are automatic payments. We have received a rebate on the City's Visa card, it is used to buy maintenance supplies. The RV vehicle storage added some income. Sales tax revenue from aviation fuel sales was only $2,000.00. Made a $41,830 payment to the contractor (runway safety area project) and received a grant reimbursement of $39,739. Of the total Airport Fund of $950,000, part of that is the $350,000 that is set aside for the burned hangar/to rebuild a new hangar. C. Louise Powers report on T -Hangars. There is one twin and one single T -hangar available now, and as of April V, there will be one additional twin and two more single T -hangars available. The waiting list we have is for the larger, modified hangars and usually tenants do not leave those hangars. D. Wayne Jones, McClelland Engineers, report on construction projects. Progress has been slow, but we did have better weather this last week so some progress was made then. We are expecting the project to be finished in September. • E. Museum reports. The Arkansas Air Museum will be having a gospel sing on April 10h, tickets are $10 and about 500 people are expected. The kite festival is April 17'h. The USO - Terry's Big Band will be in May. The Annual Aviators Ball will be Nov. 6`h, wear your flight suits, or jeans. • ITEM #4: Old Business. A. Presentation: Bruce Dunn, Iron Pig Festival. There will be four separate events on Saturday, April 3rd, have received good responses from as far away as Illinois, everyone thinks it is great to be on the airport. The runway will be closed from 9:00 to 10:00 for the walking and running events, and also for the Airport Staff to walk the runway to make the annual check for cracks and deterioration. Venders will start setting up the day before the event. B. Request approval to negotiate a contract with Loomacres Wildlife Management for the Airport's Wildlife Hazard Assessment program. The RFQ was sent out for assessment and to develop a program. It is required by the FAA and will be funded by the FAA There were ten responses and the City Committee selected the top four candidates. The top firm recommended was Loomacres. They are doing the same job for XNA Airport and it is the only business they perform, they are not part of an engineering or other consulting firm. The FAA has been called to see if the fee was within the FAA expectations and it was. A motion was made by Vaughn DeCoster to approve negotiating a contract with Loomacres for a Wildlife Assessment and Management Program, apply and receive FAA and State Aeronautics Grants, and submit to the City Council for approval; and if negotiations can not be completed with Loomacres, to go to the second choice on the City Selection Committee's List. David Hollman seconded the motion. The motion carried. C. FAA Annual CIP Update. The FAA has airports to submit their CIP projects every year and our top priorities are: The Wildlife Assessment and Management Program; The Apron; and The Airport Security Program. Other items further down the list for possibly next year would be to widen the rest of the taxiways (2) to 50 ft, and in the third year do rehab work to the runway. • A motion was made by Richard Greene to approve submitting the Airport's Capital Improvement Projects to the FAA and the motion was seconded by Tim McCarley. The motion carried. • ITEM #5: New Business. A. State of Arkansas Proclamation by Governor Mike Beebe, proclaimed the month as AVIATION AND AEROSPACE APPRECIATION MONTH IN ARKANSAS. Some items that were mentioned in the Proclamation were: In Arkansas there are 91 publicly owned airports, more than 5,000 general aviation pilots, General Aviation accounts for $494.5 million in annual economic activity and airports employ approximately 5,400 people producing a payroll of $133.4 million, is home to major aircraft manufacturing and maintenance centers, providing significant economic resources and a positive export balance, many businesses and communities depend upon General Aviation, the continued flow of tourist, and Arkansas is a world leader in aviation and avionics manufacturing. B. Exploring limited commercial service. Vaughn DeCoster requested the Airport contact the airline operating out of the new Branson Airport as a scheduled charter, possibly regarding a flight out of Drake Field to connect to Southwest Airlines in Tulsa or Dallas. This airport would probably not qualify for subsidy. Ray is to report at the next meeting. ITEM #6: Other Business. A. Items from the Public. None. B. Items from the Airport Board. None. David Hollman, AT 2:35 p.m. 2 !R�— �o/D Date